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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grandfather \Grand"fa"ther\, n.
     A father's or mother's father; an ancestor immediately after
     the father or mother in lineal ascent.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Grandfather longlegs}. (Zool.) See {Daddy longlegs}.


        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  grandfather
       n : the father of your father or mother [syn: {gramps}, {granddad},
            {grandad}, {granddaddy}, {grandpa}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "grandfather":
     Father Time, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, centenarian, dotard,
     elder, gaffer, geezer, golden-ager, grampa, gramps, grandpa,
     grandsire, graybeard, great-grandfather, nonagenarian,
     octogenarian, old chap, old codger, old dog, old duffer,
     old geezer, old gent, old gentleman, old man, old party, old-timer,
     older, oldster, pantaloon, patriarch, presbyter, senior citizen,
     septuagenarian, sexagenarian, the quiet-voiced elders,
     venerable sir, veteran
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  GRANDFATHER, domestic relations. The father of one's father or mother. The 
  father's father is called the paternal grandfather; the mother's father is 
  the maternal grandfather. 
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Grandfather, NC (village, FIPS 27320)
    Location: 36.09850 N, 81.84753 W
    Population (1990): 34 (28 housing units)
    Area: 3.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Grandfather, NC -- U.S. village in North Carolina
     Population (2000):    73
     Housing Units (2000): 377
     Land area (2000):     1.500982 sq. miles (3.887526 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.043443 sq. miles (0.112517 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.544425 sq. miles (4.000043 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            27320
     Located within:       North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
     Location:             36.100525 N, 81.850153 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Grandfather, NC
      Grandfather
  

















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